Water-silencer



J. F. WEBB, SR.

WA'TER SILENCE-IH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1919.

Patented July 5, 1921'.

citizen of the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEAN E. WEBB, sn.,

0F NEWv YORK, N. Y.

WATER-SILENCEB'.

To all whom z't may concern.' Y

Be it known that L'JEAN F. VVEn, Sr., a United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a 'new and useful Tater-Silencer, of which the following is a specification.

As is well known in the use of bath room and toilet fixtures there is'always, more-or less, roaring noise incident when running water into tubs, particularly when the hot water contains a certain amount of steam under which condition the gurgling sound is frequently such that it can be so distinctly heard outside of the bath room as to render the same an annoying nuisance. The same objectionable features are present in the use i l bath tub 'of the ordinary closet-flushing means, when the flushing tank refills.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive means, in the nature of an attachment, that can be readilyapplied to the modern types of toilet flushing and bath room fixtures which, while not interfering' with the regular action of the flushing pipes or outfiowing faucets, operates to silence or eliminate all bath room noises present when flushing the toilet bowl and filling the tank or the bath tub.

-Another object of my invention is to provide a muffler or water silencer in the nature of an attachment that can be conveniently fitted onto the present conventional styles of bath room fixtures, without requiring any material changes or alterations .of such fixtures and without the need of skilled labor in fitting the attachment to an operative condition.

With further objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my invention is in the nature of a water silencer that embodiesthe novel features and cooperative arrangement of parts, as fully explained in the following detailed description, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hot water spigot with my silencer device applied, the latter being shown insect-ion and the spigot is provided with a threaded socket and `nozzle connection hereinafter explained.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my silencer device, parts being in elevation. and illustrates a modification of the means for connecting the device to the spigot.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, parts being in i Specication of Letters Patent. Patented July 5, 1921.

25, 1919. Serial No. 326,169.

elevation, of 'a common type of fiushing tank with my silencer applied.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a further modification of my invention hereinafter specifically mentioned.

Fig. 5 is a detail plan view, parts being in section on the line 5-5 on Fig. 2

In carrying out my invention the same I comprises a tube which may be, and preferably is, as shown in the drawings, a metal tube 4, Awhose lower end terminates in a laterally 'extended nozzle which, when fitting the attachment into operative condition, may be directed toward the length of the tube, as shown in full lines on Fig. 1, or backwardly toward the adjacent end of the tube, as indicated in dotted lines on Fig. 1, the said nozzle under the latter adjustment operating to prevent splashing.

`By connecting a sound muffler or silencer, in the nature of an attachment adapted for being secured air or steam tight to the discharge spigot, with the discharge end thereof located some distance from the spigot and directed to eject the running stream of water, hot or cold, in a directionsubstantially at right angles'to the direction of the flow passing from the spigot, the steam, when hot `water is used, has sufficient opportunity to expand and the gurgling, incident to the flow of the -steam-charged water, is sufficiently smothered that no noise'is developed when filling a tub. y

`The lower endA of the tube 4, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and '3, is extended substantially at right angles to the body of the `tube and with the discharge or nozzle .por-

tion laterally extended and of ovoidal shape, as is best shown in Fig. 4, to provide ample surface for the spreading and expansion o the'fiuid as it passes through the dischar e end of the tube, which, as shown, is exten ed in a substantially horizontal plane vover the bottom of the tub.

When made of metal, preferably of brass (nickel-plated) the tube 4 'along substantially the full length of its vertical portion, has an internal spiral wayl cnvolutions thereof being providedwith a central aperture 41 to produce a Vent which extends the full length of the said vertical portionofthe tube and which communicates with the receiving space or entrant end 42 and the discharging nozzle or outflow v4% of the said tube, as shown.'

40, the several By providing the interior of the tube 4 with an internal spiral way, cast or otherwise formed on the inside of the tube, and in communication with a central vent, the water, combined with steam, as it passes from the spigot, is subjected to a twirling motion while expanding, the vent through the center of the spiral ways operating to facilitate the outflow of the expanding steam.

` In the form of my invention as shown in F ig. 2, the. upper end of the tubehas an integral disk-like flange 44 that is provided with oppositely disposedears 45-45 and a central seat 46 which is adapted for receiving a water gasket 47 for engaging the vdis` charge nozzle of the spigot, as shown.

When arranged as shown in the aforesaid Fig. 2, my improved attachment is firmly held in place by a simple form of screw clamp which comprises a pair of clamping rods 5`5 whose upper ends 50-50 are hookshaped to clamp'over the faucet fixture and whose lower ends are threaded, the latter ends when applying the attachment being passed through the apertured ears 45-45 for receiving the clamping nuts 48-48, as shown. i

In Fig. l, the attachment or Water silencer is substantially the same as in Fig. 2, ex-

'cept that the upper or head endis especially adapted for fitting onto that type of spigot or faucet in which the nozzle is provided with an interiorly threaded socket 49 for receiving the spraying fixtures, the head of the tube- 4 being-formed witha hexagon nut 6 and an externally threaded nozzleGO, as

shown. v

Fig. 3 illustrates how my attachment may be especially shaped up at the head end for being attached to the ordinary form of Hushin tank faucet.

hen used for flushing tanks, the discharge or lower end of the silencer tube is preferably shaped as shown in Fig. 4.

From the foregolng description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

the complete construction and the manner of its application and also the advantages of my invention will be readily apparent to almost anyone.

My attachment provides a simple and effective device applicable to the usual bath and toilet fixtures and when applied it pro.

prising a tubular member having means, atl

one end, for connecting it, fluid tight, to a faucet outlet, the outlet end of the tubular member being shaped to direct the outflow at an angle to the direction of the inflow thereto, the said tubular member having in` tegral internal barriers for retardingthe direct flow and force of the water therethrough.

JEAN F. WEBB, s1.. 

